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James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan

1797 - 1868

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Lieutenant-General James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (16 October 1797 – 28 March 1868), styled as Lord Cardigan, was an officer in the British Army who commanded the Light Brigade during the Crimean War, leading its charge at the Battle of Balaclava. Throughout his life in politics and his long military career, he characterised the arrogant and extravagant aristocrat of the period. His progression through the Army was marked by many episodes of extraordinary incompetence, but also by generosity to the men under his command and genuine bravery. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan has received more than 752,171 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan is the 1,363rd most popular military personnel (down from 1,274th in 2019), the 2,732nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,818th in 2019) and the 68th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan ranks 1,363 out of 1,468. Before him are Raúl Reyes, Sudirman, Curt Haase, Józef Chłopicki, Yakov Smushkevich, and Hermann Boehm. After him are John Burgoyne, Pavel Kurochkin, Tommy Franks, William D. Leahy, Datames, and Nikolay Shchors.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1797, James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan ranks 65. Before him are Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, Jean Victoir Audouin, Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury, Michel Garicoïts, Wilhelm Küchelbecker, and Jean-Marie Duhamel. After him are Mariano Paredes, Edward Turner Bennett, Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Peter Georg Bang, Jan Jacob Rochussen, and John Gardner Wilkinson. Among people deceased in 1868, James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan ranks 44. Before him are Emanuel Leutze, Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia, Adolphe d'Archiac, Black Kettle, John Crawfurd, and James David Forbes. After him are Antonio Bertoloni, José Tadeo Monagas, Bernardo Berro, Constantin Negruzzi, Halfdan Kjerulf, and Thaddeus Stevens.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan ranks 2,732 out of 7,765. Before him are Graham Sutherland (1903), Geoff Emerick (1945), Edmund Goulding (1891), Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443), Gary Hocking (1937), and Edward Woodward (1930). After him are Robert Stephens (1931), C. Aubrey Smith (1863), John Burgoyne (1722), William Burnside (1852), Beryl Markham (1902), and John Phillips (1800).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan ranks 68. Before him are Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888), James Somerville (1882), Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside (1880), Douglas Bader (1910), Charles Warren (1840), and Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892). After him are John Burgoyne (1722), Ronald Speirs (1920), Henry Maitland Wilson (1881), Lawrence Oates (1880), Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436), and Edward Braddock (1695).

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